Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio was not written by Pu Songling alone, but a story that he collected records from pedestrians when he opened a tea shop.
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese by Pu Songling, a novelist of China in the Qing Dynasty. There are 4,965,438+0 short stories in the book (Notes on the School Meeting of Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio) (494 Notes on Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio by Zhu).
They either exposed the darkness of feudal rule, attacked the decay of imperial examination system, or resisted the shackles of feudal ethics, and had rich and profound ideological content. The works describing the theme of love are the largest in the book, showing a strong anti-feudal ethical code spirit. Some of these works show the author's ideal love through the love between foxes and people.
There are nearly 500 books in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, which are rich in content and mainly divided into the following types:
One is a love story, which accounts for the largest proportion in the book. Most of the main characters in the story are not afraid of feudal ethics and dare to pursue free love. Such famous articles include Lianxiang, Xiao Xie, Liancheng, Huanniang, Crow's Head and so on.
The second is to attack the destruction of the imperial examination system on scholars. As a victim of the imperial examination system, Pu Songling has a great say in this respect, such as Ye Sheng, Si Wenlang, Xie Xie and Wang Zi 'an.
Third, it is of great social significance to expose the cruelty of the ruling class and its oppression of the people, such as Xi Fang Ping, Zhi Jian, Dream Wolf, Beauty and so on.
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The Creative Background of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio
Pu Songling was born in a scholarly family. In his early years, he also wanted to use the imperial examination to be an official. Unfortunately, he tried again and again and could only make a living by teaching. He has been interested in folk ghost stories since childhood.
It is said that Pu Songling once opened a teahouse in front of his house in order to collect materials. People who come to drink tea can use a story instead of tea money. Pu Songling collected a large number of bizarre stories in this way, and after finishing and processing, they were included in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio.
According to the notes of the Qing Dynasty, "Three Borrowing Lu Bi Tan", Pu Songling spread a mat on the ground next to the avenue every morning and set up a yancha, waiting for passers-by to collect anecdotes. Every time I hear something, I whitewash it when I go home.
In the first year of Kangxi (1662), Pu Songling began to write stories about foxes and ghosts at the age of 22. In the spring of the eighteenth year of Kangxi, forty-year-old Pu Songling compiled the manuscript into a book Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio for the first time, with a preface in the south. Since then, it has been added frequently. It was not until around 239 and 46 years of Kangxi that there were several addenda in the book. The writing of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio lasted more than forty years, and Pu Songling devoted most of his energy.
Most of the "midnight women" in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio are beauties.
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio mostly tells the story of "night" in front of the lamp and under the moon, and often expresses the hazy beauty of women's appearance with virtual pen and ink, giving people a hazy feeling like smoke. Therefore, it is not surprising that most of the women in the author's works are beautiful.
For example, "Green Phoenix" describes that the heroine first appeared from the eyes of the hero Geng Sheng, and the background for this is "the giant candle burns twice, as bright as day". If it is dark and you can't see your fingers, there will be no visual effect of "careful care, weakness and charm, flirting, and no beauty in the world".
For the reappearance of Qingfeng, the author still writes from the perspective of Geng Sheng, and does not ignore the layout of "candlelight": "I heard footsteps and candlelight came out of the room. It looks green. "
For another example, "Lu Gong Maid" also describes the heroine's appearance from the perspective of the hero Zhang: "One night, reading at night, she suddenly looked up, and then the woman stood under the lamp with a smile." What is emphasized here is the "lighting" of men's night reading and the "standing under the light" of women's appearance.
For example, the heroine's appearance in Bai Qiulian is no exception: "At dusk, I came with a maid and spread my clothes on the couch. Xiang sheng said,' people are so ill, don't sit back and relax!' Then go. Surprised at the first smell; Looking at women with light will make them morbid and charming, and they will make eyes at themselves. A little news, a smile. After being helped out, the visual effect of Bai Qiulian's "morbid charm and leering at himself" is due to the protagonist's "shifting the lamp".
There is also the heroine in "Wu" who first appeared repeatedly in the hero's dream, which led him to "have different hearts and dare not rest"; Once again, when the dream girl came back, Wang Sheng "hastily opened her eyes, and the girl was like a fairy, as if she was still hugging". The visual effect of dreams coming true is inseparable from the touch of "dare not rest". In the whole process, the author repeatedly rendered the moonlight, in which "it seems gorgeous" is the visual effect of the characters in the distant moonlight.
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